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BALB TIE.

Patented May 5, 1896.

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No. 559,523. Patented May 5, 18951.

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Il-NTTEE STATES PATENT OEETCE.

ALPHONSO S. GOOOI'I, OF LITTLE ROOK, ARKASAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MCDONALD COTTON OOMPRESS COMPANY, OF ARKANSAS.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,523, dated May 5, 18'96.

i Application filed February 27. 1896. Serial No. 580,940. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALrHoNso S. GoooH, a citizenof the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for handling lint-cotton; and it consists in the improved bale-tie Whose construction and arrangement of parts will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a bale-tie which will be simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which will be formed `to permit the use in connection therewith of a clamping device, by the action of which the ends of the bale-tie will be drawn more tightly together than can be done with the bale-ties now in use. In this manner I aim to tie a bale of cotton more securely than can otherwise be accomplished and to prevent rebound of the cotton forming the bale after the pressure applied thereto in the baling operation has been removed.

In accomplishing` the object of my invention I form my bale-tie in two pieces: first, a plate having projections on its upper surface and an opening formed in one end thereof, and, second, a band of metal or other inaterial, one end of which is passed through an opening in said plate and secured thereto in a suitable manner, and the other end of which is provided with slots which are adapted to iit over and engage with the projections formed on the upper surface of the plate. In connection with this bale-tie and in order to enable the same to be placed in position on a bale-tie plate. In this manner I am able, as I have found by practical tests, to save more than an inch in the rebound of the cotton forming the bale after the pressure applied thereto during the course of the baling operation has been removed. This enables me to hold the bale of cotton in approximately the form which it assumed at the completion of the baling operation, and thus to facilitate transportation of such bale.

Myinvention is fully illustrated in the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, in which the same reference-letters refer to the same or corresponding parts, and in which- Figure l represents a bale of cotton having my improved baletie in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the clamping device which I use toplace the baletie in position upon the bale. showing the plate forming a portion of my bale-tie and also one end of the bale-tie band, which is employed. Fig. 4 is a similar View showing a different manner of forming the,

projections upon the upper surface of the bale-tie plate.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bale of cotton on which my bale-tie is to be placed in position. This bale may either be made by the compress methods nowin general use or by presses adapted to form bales of cotton layer by layer of the character shown and described in the application of Lewis B. McDonald for improvements in presses for baling cotton and other fibrous materials, iiled December 30, 1895, Serial No. 573,797.

B represents the bale-tie. It is formed, as shown inthe drawings, of a bale-tie plate C and a bale-tie band D. The bale-tie plate is provided with an opening c in one end thereof and a plurality of projections `c on the upper surface of the other end thereof. These projections may be cast in one piece with the bale-tie plate, as shown in Fig. 3, or the baletie plate may be made of sheet metal and the projections c struck up, as shown in Fig. 4, or any other suitable construction may be employed. It is essential that the projections c be on the upper surface of the plate, and it is preferable that a number of such proj ections be formed, as thereby the strain of hold- Fig. 3 is a vieu7V IOO ing the bale-tie band in position is divided. It is preferable also that the projections c be formed with a lip c2 on their forward end and a sloping face c3 on such end, as in this manner the security of the bale-tie band when in position is enhanced. One end of the baletie band D is passed through the opening c in the bale-tie plate C and is doubled back upon the bale of cotton, being held in position by frictional contact with the surface of the bale. The other end of the bale-tie band is provided with slots d', which are adapted to fit over and engage with the projections c', formed on the upper surface of the bale-tie plate, and thus lock itself in its proper position.

In order to place the bale-tie band in position on a bale, I make use of a clamping device E, one leg of which, E', is adapted to lit in the opening c, formed in the bale-tie plate O, andis provided with a hooked end e to engage with the lower surface of such bale-tie plate and enable sufficient purchase to be gained to permit the proper operation of the clamping device. To the leg E of the clamping device is pivoted the lever E2, which is formed on its lower end with a flattened outturned portion e2 of approximately the width of the bale-tie band D. To the lever E2 is pivoted the hand clamping-lever E3, formed on its lower end with an outwardly-turned flattened portion e2, corresponding to the similar portion e2 upon the lever E2, and on its upper end with a handle-bar e4.

When placing my bale-tie in position upon a bale, I bend one end of the bale-tie band D through the bale-tie plate C and pass the baletie around the bale. I then insert the leg E of the clamp E into the opening c, formed in the bale-tie plate C, grasp the slotted end of the bale-tie band D between the clampinglevers E2 and Es of the clamping device, and, by the use of such clamping device, pull the bale-tie band around the bale until the slots dl, formed in the end thereof, pass over and engage with the projections c', formed on the bale-tie plate. When the clamping device is now removed, the expansion of the cotton forming the bale is suiiicient to hold the baletie in position. In this manner I am enabled to take up all slack in the bale-tie band and thus tie the bale much more securely than it could otherwise be done. The length of the bale-tie bands is usually determined before such bands are put in position upon a bale, such length being uniform for a bale of a given size and weight, so that there is no delay in placing the bands in position, and all of the bands are subjected to a uniform pressure when in position upon the bale.

I use a number of my bale-ties in the tying of each bale, and, as I am enabled to make each one of the same bear its proportionate part of the elastic strain exerted by the bale of cotton, there is no liability in the use of my bale-ties of such ties becoming weakened and broken one by one and finally the entire bale loosened.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cotton-tie, the combination with a plate having projections formed on the upper surface thereof, and an opening in one end of the same, of a band having one end thereof passed through the opening in said plate and doubled backward, and slots cut in the other end of said band adapted to lit over and engage with said projections, substantially as described.

2. In a cotton-tie, the combination with a plate having a plurality of projecting lugs cast on the upper surface thereof, and an opening in one end of the same, of a band having one end thereof passed through the opening in said plate and doubled backward, and slots cut in the other end of said band adapted to fit over and engage with said projections, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALPHONSO S. GOOCH. lVitnesses:

JOHN B. JONES, LEWIS B. McDoNALD. 

